Earlier we looked at the longest home runs hit at Tropicana Field this season. But how do those compare to other long home runs? Here are the longest home runs since the start of the 2006 as calculated by ESPN’s True Distance metric. First the longest home run hit by [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Light Relief, Dirtbag’s Rehab, And A “Major” Announcement](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/357101007332_ALDS_Rangers_at_Rays-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. click above image for boxscore RANDOM THOUGHTS: The Rays and St. Pete Mayor Bill Foster will apparently set aside their difference long enough to make a [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Annapolis Grads And Friedman And Silverman On The Radio](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/hangover6.jpg)
My dad (Prof’s Pop) is a graduate of the Naval Academy (Class of ’68). He passed along this note for any other Navy alum in the Bay Area… NAVY ALUMNI: Join us FRIDAY evening MAY 14th VS Seattle Mariners. Last year we witnessed the largest comeback in Rays history vs [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Tampa As A Baseball Market, What Stu Wants And Upton Versus McCutchen](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/hangover-150x150.jpg)
Portfolio.com looked at 82 different US and Canadian markets to determine which cities are best suited to support professional sports franchises. Tampa did not fare so well (thanks Jordi)… Nineteen areas are overextended, with Denver, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Tampa facing the worst problems. The income bases of these overextended markets [...]
[Update 10:55pm] The Rays not only did not non-tender Dioner Navarro, they reached an agreement with Navi on a 1-year, $2.1 million contract. They also non-tendered Shawn Riggans making him a free agent. Signing Navarro is a bit of a surprise, but this could just be buying the Rays time [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Non-Tender Candidates, Carefully Worded Statements And Navi’s Future](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/hangover2-150x150.jpg)
If you missed it last night because your significant other was making you watch “The Biggest Loser,” the Rays did offer arbitration to Gregg Zaun and Brian Shouse, but not Russ Springer. Zaun and Shouse have until December 7 to accept or decline those offers. The next important dates for [...]
Just a few links today as we pop the bubbly to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Rays 3-1, game 7 victory over the Boston Red Sox and their first American League Championship DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… Last week we told you that Gabe Gross was participating in a “celebrity” [...]
Just a few links this morning as we celebrate the 3rd anniversary of Lou Piniella becoming the manager of the Chicago Cubs. DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… In the quest for a new Rays stadium, we have seen The Good (original proposal by the Rays), The Bad (no new stadium in the [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Burrell The Good, Gross The Strange And CC The Glove](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/hangover18-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: Off He Goes. Pat Burrell was 2-4 with a home run. He just missed another later in the game. He just looks different at [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Homefield Advantage, Howell In The 9th And Everyday Gabe](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3345/3627880002_cbdbaac573_m.jpg)
Time to bring back the GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: The Trop. Gabe Kapler’s home run barely cleared the short wall in the left-field corner for 2 runs that tied [...]
